AEK Athens F.C. Academy

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AEK Athens Football Club Academy

Full name	AEK Athens Football Club Academy
Founded	1934;91 years ago (1934)
Ground	OPAP Sports Centre
Owner	AEK Athens Football Club
Chairman	Antonis Iliopoulos
General Director	Georgios Georgiadis
Home colours Away colours Third colours

AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934, while AEK Athens Football Club have managed them since 1979.

History

Players of AEK's youth academy in 1934

AEK Athletic Club was one of the first Greek clubs to found a youth academy back in 1934. Under the manager Georgios Daispangos they went to become one of the most renowned academies in Greece. In the total 19-year presence in the three spells of Daispangos in all departments of the academy (1936–1948, 1953–1955, 1961–1971), they wοn 18 titles. ^[1]

Famous players have been produced by AEK youth development system over the years.

Some of the most notable include: Tryfon Tzanetis (1935–1950), Kleanthis Maropoulos (1935–1952), Michalis Delavinias (1938–1954), Michalis Papatheodorou (1944–1956), Pavlos Emmanouilidis (1947–1961), Kostas Poulis (1948–1959), Antonis Parayios (1948–1957), Andreas Stamatiadis (1950–1969), Stelios Skevofilakas (1960–1973), Spyros Pomonis (1961–1973), Giorgos Karafeskos (1963–1974), Nikos Stathopoulos (1965–1974), Giorgos Lavaridis (1968–1976), Stefanos Theodoridis (1969–1978), Nikos Karoulias (1973–1976), Spyros Ikonomopoulos (1978–1994), Stelios Manolas (1978–1998), Vangelis Vlachos (1979–1985), Lysandros Georgamlis (1979–1985), Pantelis Konstantinidis (1993–1994), Dionysis Chiotis (1995–1998, 2000–2007), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (2005–2008), Savvas Gentsoglou (2006–2012), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (2007–2010), Kostas Manolas (2009–2012), Victor Klonaridis (2010–2012, 2017–2020) and Konstantinos Galanopoulos (2015–2025).

AEK Athens U19 squad

AEK Athens U19 is the youth team of AEK. They participate in the Super League U19 championship. They play their home games at the OPAP Sports Centre in Spata.

P. ^{^} Players with professional contract.

As of 1 July 2025 ^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   GRE Vasilios Ioannou — GK   GRE Konstantinos Ioakimidis — GK   GRE Theofanis Papavasiliou — DF   GRE Antonis Arvanitakis — DF   GRE Alexis Georgiou — DF   GRE Athanasios Filippiadis — DF   GRE Pantelis Martopoulos — DF   GRE Panagiotis Samourgasidis — DF   GRE Angelos Ofrydopoulos — DF   GRE Stavros Psyropoulos [P] — DF   GRE Pavlos Tsaramanidis [P] — DF   GRE Anastasios Loupas [P] — DF   GRE Dimitrios Sellas — DF   GRE Spyros Christakopoulos [P] — DF   HUN Georgios-Adrian Delaportas — MF   GRE Leon Al-Nasaseebi

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   GRE Grigoris Golfinos — MF   GRE Dionysis Panagiotopoulos — MF   GRE Nikolaos Avrasoglou — MF   NGA Isaac Ayuba [P] — MF   GRE Konstantinos Savvidis — MF   GRE Cooper Andrikopoulos — MF   GRE Nikostratos Zouridakis — MF   GRE Christos Paleologou [P] — FW   GRE Nikolaos Vlioras [P] — FW   GRE Grigoris Raptis — FW   GRE Zois Karargyris [P] — FW   GRE Ektoras Tsiaras — FW   GRE Michail Tampakos — FW   GRE Ion Poriazis — FW   GRE Akylas Zoulias

Staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Vasilios Vouzas
Assistant coach	Petros Kontovrakis
Fitness coach	Angelos Konstantopoulos
Goalkeeper coach	Konstantinos Kampolis

Source:  aekfc.gr

AEK Athens U17 squad

As of 1 July 2025 ^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   GRE Dimitrios Vazintaris — GK   GRE Orestis Loukatos — GK   GRE Sarantis Moustakas — GK   GRE Stergos Platsis — DF   GRE Panagiotis Arnaoutis — DF   GRE Chrysostomos Diavatis — DF   GRE Filippos Theodosiou — DF   GRE Nikolaos Ismailos — DF   GRE Vasilios Katsavos — DF   GRE Georgios Lampriniadis — DF   GRE Athanasios Rinnis — DF   GRE Leonidas Saltoriadis — DF   GRE Panagiotis Tampakoglou — DF   GRE Konstantinos Terzopoulos

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   GRE Vasilios Tsipourlianos — DF   GRE Thomas Chatzopoulos — MF   GRE Nikolaos Adamos — MF   CYP Alexandros Geroukalis — MF   GRE Panagiotis Marinos — MF   GRE Sotiris Stergiaropoulos — MF   GRE Panagiotis Frantzeskakis — FW   GRE Nikolaos Karampimperis — FW   GRE Konstantinos Kasidis — FW   GRE Nikiforos Kolimatsis — FW   GRE Panagiotis Pontikis — FW   GRE Stefanos Tsantilas — FW   GRE Argyris Argyriou — FW   GRE Dimitrios Sioutas

Staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Periklis Papapanagis
Assistant coach	Antonis Salvarlis
Fitness coach	Stelios Skyriotis
Goalkeeper coach	Iason Psarras

Source:  aekfc.gr

Personnel

Academies staff

Position	Staff
Management	AEK Athens Football Club
General Director	Georgios Georgiadis
Administrative Director	Alexandros Alexiadis
Chief Goalkeeping coach	Konstantinos Kampolis
U19 Head coach	Vasilios Vouzas
U17 Head coach	Periklis Papapanagis
U16 Head coach	Alexandros Alexiadis
U15 Head coach	Stavros Tziortziopoulos
U14 Head coach	Nikos Tziotzios
U13 Head coach	Vasilios Papadimitriou
U12 Head coach	Spyros Katsimaris
U10 Head coach	Giannis Fatolias
Performance analyst	Kyriakos Konstantinidis
Fitness coaches	Angelos Konstantopoulos Georgios Papaleontiou Iason Psaras Angelos Tsenoglou
Goalkeeping coaches	Stelios Skyriotis Giannis Karavasilis
Scouts	Giannis Apostolakis Dimitris Roussos Christos Kostis Evripidis Katsavos Christos Vasilopoulos Vangelis Gavrilis
Doctor	Pindaros Kakkavas
Physiotherapists	Lefteris Tamvakis Nikos Kalampokas Dionysis Engarchos
Ergophysiologist	Athanasios Zavvos
Secretary	Vasia Papalopoulou
Press Office	Giannis Bilios
Caregivers	Konstantinos Kazianis Konstantinos Makridakis Leonidas Chondrothanasis
House keepers	Vaios Toursoun Eleni Toursoun
Travel guide	Georgios Tsoukas

Source:  AEK Athens F.C.

References

1. "Οι πιονιέροι του ποδοσφαίρου: Γιώργος Νταϊσπάγγος". athletestories.gr. 9 October 2019.
2. "U19 < TEAMS - AEK F.C. Official Website". aekfc.gr. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
3. "U17 < TEAMS - AEK F.C. Official Website". aekfc.gr. Retrieved 31 October 2019.

External links

• AEK Academies

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